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Babymetal’s new album, Metal Resistance, is out now and it’s awesome

• Preston Phro
  Apr 1, 2016
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Not that you needed anyone to tell you, but…

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• Art, Japan
• (Babymetal • Japan • metal • Metal Resistance • music • new album • pop • review)

New dietary supplement from Japan will make your farts smell “like a flower garden”【Video】

• Philip Kendall
  Apr 1, 2016

Because when your ad contains the line “It’s like cherry blossom comes out of your ass hole!” you know it’s going to be a game-changer. 

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• Japan
• (dietary supplement • Farts • flatulence • Japan • medicine • nonara • sakura • smell • spring • wtf)

Young Japanese cosplayer whips up some costume magic to transform herself into Harry Potter

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 30, 2016

Seriously though, is that an old snapshot of Daniel Radcliffe on set??

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• Anime & Manga, Japan
• (anime • cosplay • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter • Japan • Nippombashi Street Festa)

You know you’re in Japan when…【List】

• Amy Chavez
  Mar 25, 2016

“You know you’ve been in Japan too long when you start bowing on the telephone” is an old classic. But how about those things that, even if you haven’t been here long, still make you stop and think, yup, this is definitely Japan!

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• Japan
• (culture • customs • funny • Japan • manners • opinion)

The top five surprising observations of a Japanese student visiting an American university

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 22, 2016

A Japanese university student shares her most memorable observations after a short visit to an American university town.

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• Japan, USA
• (America • college • culture • differences • Japan • observations • surprising • university)

“One in ten” Japanese adults have blurry genitals, shocking study reveals【FN24】

• ロケットニュース24
  Mar 18, 2016

Scientists call for more education after a study finds that a huge number of Japanese people are afflicted with a condition that causes their private parts to appear blurry. 

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• FN24, Japan
• (blurry • censorship • FN24 • health • Japan)

Resident Evil/Biohazard games get stage musical in September

• Anime News Network
  Mar 17, 2016

Former Takarazuka actress Reon Yuzuki stars in musical of survival horror games.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (biohazard • Capcom • Japan • musical • play • Resident Evil • stage • video games)

Japanese watchmakers show off their skills with tiny/epic mechanical obstacle course【Video】

• Philip Kendall
  Mar 17, 2016

Because what better way to showcase an eye for precision than to build a miniature obstacle course for marbles?

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• Japan
• (Japan • mechanical • Pythagora Switch • Rube Goldberg device • Seiko • video • watch)

Flee from a zombie-infested hospital in I Am a Hero real escape game

• Anime News Network
  Mar 7, 2016

Real escape games involve getting out of a certain place within a tight time limit, so it’s no surprise that the latest franchise to get the real escape treatment is I am a Hero, a zombie horror manga.

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• Japan
• (escape game • Horror • hospital • Japan • role-playing games • zombies)

Chocolatier Max Brenner welcomes spring with pavlova, cherry blossom & delicious green tea pizza

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2016

Because there’s no better way to welcome spring than with a sweet serving of sakura and matcha.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • chocolate • green tea • Japan • matcha • Max Brenner • pizza • sakura • sweets • taste test)

Trolling UFO catcher denies player prize but gives us a good laugh instead【Video】

• Philip Kendall
  Mar 3, 2016

Here comes a new challenger…

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• Japan
• (funny • Japan • troll • UFO catcher • video)

Capcom’s Attack on Titan arcade game features omni-directional maneuver gear controls

• Anime News Network
  Feb 20, 2016

Attack on Titan: Team Battle supports 8 players in versus or cooperative game modes.

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• Games & Tech, Japan
• (anime • arcade game • Attack on Titan • Japan • video games)

Valentine’s Day Greetings — Anime Style 2016

• Anime News Network
  Feb 15, 2016

Kan Colle, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Fate/stay night, and more.

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• Japan
• (anime • Japan • Valentine's Day greetings)

Han Solo and other Valentine’s Day chocolates we weren’t lucky enough to get

• Preston Phro
  Feb 15, 2016

If you were lucky yesterday, you got some chocolate. If you were really lucky, you got some of this chocolate!

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• Internet, Japan
• (chocolate • Han Solo • home made • Japan • Pokemon • Star Wars • twitter • Valentine's Day)

Japan’s Okamoto trials voice-activated condom-dispensing belt in new promo【Video】

• Philip Kendall
  Feb 10, 2016

Always be prepared, or so the boy scouts’ saying goes. And with this bizarre spring-loaded, condom-dispensing belt, you will be!

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• Japan
• (ad • belt • Condoms • funny • Japan • Okamoto • video • wtf)

Official Pokémon Red and Blue sprite goods let you relive the past in pixelated style

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 9, 2016

Celebrate 20 years of catching ’em all with Pokémon Center Japan’s new line of throwback goods.

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• Japan
• (goods • Japan • nintendo • nostalgia • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • sprites)

Survey suggests that almost 40 percent of Japanese men are reluctant to eat alone in public

• Evie Nyan
  Feb 9, 2016

Apparently, some Japanese men really don’t like to eat alone in public. But are they simply too shy, or is there something else going on?

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• Japan
• (culture • eating • food • Japan • Japanese men • society)

World’s first-ever Sakura Pepsi coming to Japan this March

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2016

Japanese beverage maker Suntory has just announced it will be releasing its first-ever cherry blossom-flavoured Pepsi this spring.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Japan • pepsi • sakura • soft drinks)

Is this modern art? Masking tape exhibition unrolls in Chiyoda

• Cara Clegg
  Feb 5, 2016

You don’t need expensive tools or high-tech drawing tablets to create works of art—all you need is a roll of humble masking tape.

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• Japan
• (art • art exhibition • duct-tape • Japan • masking tape • modern art)

Official Harry Potter site releases info about the mysterious Japanese wizards and their school

• KK Miller
  Feb 3, 2016

Where do Japan’s young witches and wizards go to hone their magical abilities? Why, Mahoutokoro on the island of Minami Iwo Jima, of course!

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• Internet, Japan
• (Harry Potter • Iwo Jima • Japan • Mahoutokoro • schools • wizards)

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  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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